NihontoWatch無監査 津田越前守助広濤瀾刃写 宗勉刀匠は、本名を宗勝といい、昭和2年に生まれる。昭和21年、父の宗正光刀匠に師事し、昭和30年より新作名刀展に出品する。文化庁長官賞、薫山賞などを数多くの特賞を受賞し、平成2年に無鑑査の認定を受ける。作風は、助広・左文字、虎徹を範として沸の強く、金筋・砂流しのよく働いた作刀を得意とする。本作は津田越前守助広の濤瀾刃写の傑作で覇気が溢れ宗勉の技量の高さが窺える一振である。
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As written by the shop
Fukuoka · around 1926-1989
Shōwa to the present: destruction and revival
The twentieth century nearly killed the craft twice: wartime distortion, then the occupation ban. The NBTHK’s founding in 1948 and licensed forging from 1953 rebuilt the sword as an art, crowned by Living National Treasures and the mukansa rank.
A Hozon-certified blade judged to show notably superior workmanship and a better state of preservation. The bar is higher: re-tempered blades and most unsigned Muromachi/Edo works are excluded.
The NBTHK (Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords) is a public-interest incorporated foundation founded in 1948 and supervised by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunkachō); it is based at the Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo. Its expert panels physically examine each submitted work (shinsa) and issue a certificate (kanteishō) ranking it by artistic and historical merit. NBTHK papers are the most widely recognized standard of authentication for Japanese swords and fittings.
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